With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Severance Township works elsewhere
Commuters spend 18 minutes getting to work on average, where Minnesota has 23 and the U.S. 26. 13 jobs are based in Severance Township, and 98 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Severance Township itself; outside it, Gaylord draws the most (13%, 17 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Severance Township
On a workday 98 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 13 people come in from elsewhere.
About 140 people are in Severance Township on a workday afternoon, 38% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Severance Township: the destinations
Where Severance Township clocks in
11% of workers
9% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
69% of the jobs in Severance Township make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Severance Township, 2013 → 2023: 63 → 13. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Severance Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Severance Township: about 18 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Severance Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 116 commuters (the 18% who work from home are left out). Across Minnesota: 84% drive alone, 2% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How far Severance Township’s workers travel
About 29% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The towns around Severance Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Severance Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Severance Township | – | — | — | 18 min | $69,375 |
| Cornish Township | under 3% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| West Newton Township | under 3% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Cairo Township | under 3% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Moltke Township | under 3% | — | — | 26 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Cornish Township, West Newton Township, Cairo Township and Moltke Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Severance Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Severance Township: questions
What is the median household income in Severance Township?
$69,375 (±$33,973) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Severance Township?
2.7%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Severance Township?
18 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Severance Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Gaylord (13%, 17 mi), New Ulm (11%, 14 mi), Winthrop (9%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Severance Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Severance Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Severance Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.